ckoffend;329628 Wrote: > So, since I use WAV files is that why I don't get my album art on my > Duet remote?
Unless you have your music placed in /artist/album folders with cover.jpg album art files, you probably won't get album art. > My issue with FLAC has always been the statement that it is compressed > and then expanded for use. I always question how this can be done > reliably with no side effects. This is fairly trivial to prove as the FLAC files can be decoded to .WAV and compared to the original .WAV files. Provided there is no padding added for tagging purposes, the file checksums match - which means the files are identical down to the last bit. This is, of course, the definition of lossless, and any lossless format which does not pass that test is broken and *not* lossless. There is a processing load to decode a lossless file, but it's very light and can be handled by CPUs much, much weaker than the one used in the Squeezebox. FLAC, in particular, is designed to be very easy to decode, with most of the processing work put in the encoding step. > my cover art is easy to add/show on my duet, compatible with iPod, etc. > . .). The "compatible with iPod" requirement is what changes things here. The most natural lossless format for the iPod is Apple Lossless (ALAC) but this isn't handled in SqueezeCenter quite as nicely as FLAC in that it must be transcoded to something else and you can't FF/REW within the track. ALAC/iPod will also tie you to iTunes, and getting cover art from iTunes to SqueezeCenter can have a few problems. Since the iPod's earphones and playback hardware hardly justify lossless files, many use AAC (an Apple lossy codec) or MP3 which will also save iPod battery life and storage space. The best thing to do is maintain two parallel libraries, one FLAC and one MP3, and keep them synched using a freeware program forum member Robin Bowes developed, flac2mp3.pl. Point iTunes at the MP3 library and let it do its thing and point SqueezeCenter at the FLAC library. This way any tag changes or additions you make in the FLAC library are reflected in the MP3 library automatically. With the space you save going to FLAC you'll have more than enough empty for a parallel MP3 library. -- Mark Lanctot ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51126 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
